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When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.

Bill Crawford

The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.
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Energy Giving Impact
Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Important Issues Quality
True ‘magic’ is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one’s experience. Maybe we could all use a little ‘Harry Potter’ in our lives.
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Magic Potters Use
Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.
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Giving People Want
You can’t use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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Anxiety Anxious Use
Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.
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Order Pain Painful Past Serve
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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Lives Our Purpose Void
Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Change Starting Stopping
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation
You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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Create Fighting Fire Happen
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.
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Action Forever Wise
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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Belief Stress Worry
When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.
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Care Giving Quality
A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.
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Meaningful Skills Want
When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.
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Aspects Future Limits Past Responsibility

When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.

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